Oaks

 

Paul Oscar Droege

  1898 - 1983 (biography)

c. 1930  

color blockprint 

9 1/4 x 14 1/8" image 

pencil, lower right 

not stated 

inscribed "Oaks" in lower left corner 

 

laid paper 

 

 

CAAL226 

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Trees, especially oaks, were of particular interest to Oscar Droege, whose color woodcuts incorporate a dramatic tonality to achieve the essence of the season he wanted to portray. Here, a moody sky complements the slope of a shadowed hillside. A strip of sunlit ground just beyond suggests the beginnings of spring, as the clouds move on to reveal the color beginning to emerge from the earth.